CNYrunner posted: "16 miles at 5 AM with 4x25 mins. at comfortable hard pace (7:48, 7:47, 7:44, 7:44) 2 mins. rest between each set."

Wow! What an impressive workout. 4x25 minutes??? Eeek. You are amazing ... Bill

Happy Wednesday all! We're halfway to the weekend! from yesterday... Mustang Sally- thanks for the Skip update. It's good to hear all is well. enke- just keep doing what you're doing with your training, and you'll get to where you want to be. You're doing great. I hope you don't get your son's junk before the weekend! Teresa- Congrats on the consecutive running streak. Enjoy your rest day, they are just as important as the running days. halllar- From Hal Higdon's website... Simply do your long runs at a comfortable pace, one that allows you to converse with your training partners, at least during the beginning of the run. Toward the end, you may need to abandon conversation and concentrate on the act of putting one foot in front of the other to finish. However, if you find yourself finishing at a pace significantly slower than your pace in the first few miles, you probably need to start much slower, or include regular walking breaks. It's better to run too slow during these long runs, than too fast. The important point is that you cover the prescribed distance; how fast you cover it doesn't matter. You want to be tired at the end of these runs, but not spent. It takes practice to find out what that pace is. PJH- really nice tempo run! I'm very impressed with your comeback. eliz- you on antibiotics yet? Sounds like it might be time. Good deal on the kids being good! You wonder what they're really up to though when they're like that... You should've been used to your orthotics by now. Give 'em heck on Monday. And thanks for the prednisone info. Just 2 more days to go on it. stumpy- that was some story about the car. How "considerate" of him to not tell you. Regarding your shins, how are your shoes? fbgrrl- make sure you keep getting your runs in. The woman I see for massages limits her hours and sticks to that, so that she has enough time for herself. She said I'll never get rich this way, but I'm happy. Regarding the solar and if I'm using the batteries, the answer is yes and no. I think you are referring to the type of system that runs on batteries when there is no sun. That is called being "off grid". My system is not off grid. When there is no sun, I use the utilities electricity. But I produce more than enough electricity during the day to offset that. Having an "off grid" system is quite a bit more costly and complicated to set up than an "on grid" system. You need a huge amount of batteries, which are costly, and will eventually have to be replaced. In my system, I have a backup system that runs on batteries in case of a power failure only. Think of it as a backup generator in case of a power loss, but it runs on batteries instead. Only the key systems in the house are hooked up to it, so if there is a power failure, you still have your fridge, water, heat, some lights, etc... even with only the essentials hooked up to it, it still required 10 huge batteries that weigh 100lbs each. You would probably need 3 or 4 times that to run your entire house each night. Last night we had a big storm come through and we lost power, and everything stayed running without even knowing there was an outage. Email me if you want more info! from today... WRFB- I too am bummed about the loss of the little morning daylight that we've been getting. But at least DST signals that spring is closer! biketm- I'm impressed with your weather that you've only had to resort to the dreadmill once this season! perchcreek- 6 times around a hilly loop! That's a lot of hills! And look at how you put the hammer down at the end. Nice job. hopeful4ever- welcome back. Yay on the no leg pain! Hills are strength training in disguise. breger1- nice splits on your run! That was combined 32 minutes of a good effort! Holly- I hope you'll listen to soundrunners advice at least. Others have been suggesting that maybe you are doing too much as well, maybe hearing it from her will do the trick. Glad you had a nice run this AM. Jlynne- welcome home, I think! Mtnchk- it sounds like a good day for a rest day SueT- the heck with the car, was there enough left over for a Garmin and new running shoes? PeterNC- Glad you survived the storm, it looked pretty bad down your way. CNY- What a workout, on stiff legs, swollen feet, and in horrible conditions no less. You amaze me. Thanks for reading that article, I'm glad you liked it. Safe travels and enjoy the hopefully warmer weather. rochrunner- good deal with your run today! I guess the leg is feeling better! The two words "kids" and "logical" don't belong in the same sentence together. Twocat- Aren't you gonna miss those first few freezing miles when they are gone for good? Heading out shortly for a lunchtime 8 miler. Running the first 4 with a coworker, so it'll be nice and easy. Wild storms overnight and a prednisone buzz kept me up for a good part of the night again, two nights in a row, so I'm really dragging my sorry butt around today. I posted a link for CNY to look at yesterday. It's a good read if anyone is interested about patience and longevity when training for distance running. http://home.hia.no/~stephens/torart.htm As always, make today better than the day before. Have a good one, all!

Flight delayed so I can read more of the daily thread! I don't know about amazing as far as my workout is concerned, but thanks for the props Breger! I felt like pushing it and it worked. This is big workout month for sure. I think I'll be snoring on the plane. Vista! Crack me up. I'll go with that quiet confidence thing. I was indeed the anchor leg for the 4x 800 and distance medley relays in high school and college. I loved to hear the rival school coaches yell: "Hear she comes, pick it up!" when I grabbed the baton. Ha! I too dream about all of us getting together and running one huge relay....perhaps field a few teams at the relays that are cropping up all over these days.....hmmmm. Okay.....looks like some action at the gate. Until soon, CNY

I'm having trouble even finding time to enter my usual meager post, but WRFB chided me this morning about it, so.... I headed out in a dark, driving rain, 30 mph winds, and falling temps this morning - and almost turned back. I actually did a little u-turn and then turned around again, all the while telling myself to HTFU. The conditions made me want to finish the run quickly, so it ended up as a peppy GA run. 8 miles, 9:27 pace. I saw no other walkers or runners this morning (besides my sweetie who only ran 5 miles and somehow managed to dodge the worst of the weather). By the time we left for work, the clouds had cleared and the sun was out.

Boy, you Easterners are really getting pounded this year! Vista, I liked how you distilled character assessments out of what the women said in response to your post. It makes me wonder how much of one's personality is reflected in his/her approach to running and training. 8pm last night, I hit the mill. I made sure to eat the right foods all day to avoid late-night gassiness. It worked. I did this 8 mile workout: 2 mile w/u @ 10:32 2 x 2 miles @ 8:20 (a new, faster tempo speed for me!) 2 mile c/d @ 10:32 I was much impressed with the fellow two spots away running @ 7:30 continuously with a HR of only 122. I'm sure my HR is about 170 at the end of my tempos. Third day home with my son who still has a fever, but improving. That means 10 to 12 on the mill tonight,

I made sure to eat the right foods all day to avoid late-night gassiness. It worked.

Nice tempo workout, btw.

Sayhey! It snowed last night , but now appears to be melting , which is a good thing, b/c as I've complained B4, the city doesn't plow here, but just assumes melting will occur . Anyway, I'm off to the gym to see if I can get what Holly wrote about--some "soothe" (I'm making a noun out of an adjective) for my legs after Sunday's 26.2. Sue, I think he'll change his mind. CNY--I know how little room shorts take up, and I'm totally envious. Say, do you wear pressure hose when you travel? They really work for me. roch and ribs, so glad you're back on track (say ribs--Dove's saying she can't imbibe B4 Boston in the "Boomer Bruch Cancelled" thread so I alluded to our experience with having a drinking contest before Omaha. Hope that's ok..... As far a Relays---we could field a 12 person team some time in the future at a Ragnar Relay event. I did one in Seattle last year with folks who flew in from all across the country. Took some coordination, but we had a blast and won the best team name--Postfontaine. grins, A ps: btb, there's a warrant out for you on that Boomer Brunch thread. Your offer was accepted, so look for the Martha Stewart magazine in the mail!